Powder-distributing brush



April 8 1924,

V P. DALESSANDRC POWDER DISTRIBUTING BRUSH Filed June 15 INVENTOR.

A TTORNEYS Fatented Apr. 8, 1924.

' UNITED STATES PIETRO DALESSAITDRO, or svnhctrsn, nn'w YORK.

POWDER-DISTRIBUTING BRUSH.

Application filed June 15, 1923. Serial No. 645,541.

T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, Prnrno DAnnssnnnno, a subject of the King of Italy,and a resident of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of NewYork, have invented a certain new and useful Powder-Distributin g Brush,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to powder brushes and the like, such as are usedby barbers to apply talcum powder to the faces and necks of customersafter shaving, hair cutting, etc., and has for its object a brush whichis particularly simple in construction, is composed of a few compactlyarranged parts, and in which is embodied a simple valve for controllingthemeasuring and the delivery of the powder.

The invention consists in the novel features and in the combinations andconstruc tions set forth and hereinafter claimed;

In describing this invention, reference is had to the accompanyingdrawings in which is a vertical sectional view of this brush.

This brush comprises, generally, a tubular or hollow handle having ahead at its lower end to which the bristles are connected, such headhaving a delivery passage therethrough, a measuring valve arranged inthe passage and having heads located above and below the head of thehandle and a neck extending through the delivery passage and connectingthe heads, the neck be- .ing greater in length than the passage, 9.spring tending to move the valve in one direction, and means foroperating the valve and moving it in the other direction'against thespring, said means being operable from the outside of the handle.

1 designates the tubular handle, it having the detachable heads 2, 3 atits opposite ends. 2 are the bristles attached to the head 2 at thelower end of the handle in any suitable manner. The head 2 is formedwith a central delivery passage 4, through which powder or other mattercontained in the handle 1 is discharged into the bristles. The heads 2,3, as here illustrated, thread into the opposite ends of the handle 1.

5 is the measuring valve which comprises heads 6, 7 arranged on oppositesides of the head 2 and a neck extending through the delivery passage 4,the neck being of greater length than'the passage 4:. The head 6preferably slidably fits the passage 4, so that the valve can be placedin position and removed by sliding thehead throughthe' passage topreferably of greater diameter than the passage 4 and the inner side ofthe head 2 or the bottomof the receptacle confined within the handle,conical or inclined toward the delivery passage 4. The valve 5, also,includes a stem 8 extending lengthwise of the handle 1 through a passage9 in the head 3. 10 is a spring carried by the head 3 and arranged toact on the stem 8 to pull it upwardly and hold the valve head 6 at thelower end of the delivery passage to close such passage 4. This springis located in a the lower side of the head 2. The head 7 is Y recess 11in the head 3 alined with the passage 9 and is coiled about thestem 8,the lower end of the spring thrusting against the lower end of therecess 11, and the upper end ofthe spring thrusting against a shoulder13 on the stem 8 within the recess 11. The outer end of the stem isprovided with a suitable button 14 by which it may be depressed and,also, to which is attached a ring 15 by which the brush may be hung upwhen not in use.

In operation, the powder is 'filled into the receptacle by unscrewingthe head 2 and the head 2 again replaced. lVhen it is desired todischarge the powder, the stem 8 is moved axially by depressing thebutton 14, thus moving the valve head 6 away from the lower side of thehead 2 and moving the head 7 against the conical inner face of such head2 thereby forcing a measured amount of powder through the deliverypassage 4 into the bristles from which it is distributed during thewhisking of the brush.

lVhat I claim is:

1. A brush comprising a tubular handle having ahead at one end to whichthe bristles are attached, the head having a delivery passagetherethrough, a measuring valve comprising heads arranged on oppositesides of the head of the handle and a neck extending through the passageand connecting the valve heads, the neck being of greater length thanthe length o f-the passage, the inner face of the head of the handlebeing tapered toward the delivery passage and the valve head coactingwith said tapered face, being of larger diameter than the other valvehead and means for operating the valve from the outside of the handle.

2. A brush comprising a tubular handle having a head at one end to whichthe bristies are attached, the head having a delivery 7 passagetherethrough, a measuring valve comprising heads arranged on oppositesides of the head of the handle and a neck extending' through thepassage and connecting the valve heads, the neck 'belng'of greaterlength than the length of the passage, the inner face of the head of thehandle being tapered toward the delivery -passageandthe valve headcoacting with said tapered face,

10 being larger in diameter than "the other of Onondaga, and State ofNew York, this 4th day of June, 1923.

PIETRO DAI-IESSANDRO.

